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00:0018 Famous People Queen Elizabeth II Couldn't Stand
00:05You'd never know it because of how collected and professional Queen Elizabeth II was in
00:09public.
00:10However, there were a handful of people that she just couldn't stand.
00:15Throughout her 70-year reign, eagle-eyed viewers have noticed the Queen's silent frustration
00:20with some pretty famous people.
00:22Queen Elizabeth II was notoriously polite and well-mannered, but if you look close enough
00:28at some of these interactions, you may notice something's amiss.
00:32Keep watching to find out more about the 18 famous people Queen Elizabeth II couldn't
00:38stand.
00:39Number 1.
00:40Mick Jagger
00:41In 2003, Mick Jagger, the frontman of the Rolling Stones, was offered a knighthood.
00:48The Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair, initially suggested the appointment to Queen
00:52Elizabeth II.
00:54According to rumors, the Queen's response was simply, not suitable.
00:58In the 2012 Mick Jagger biography, Mick, The Wildlife and Mad Genius of Jagger, Christopher
01:05Anderson quotes a royal aide, saying,
01:07"...there was absolutely no way in the world that Queen Elizabeth was going to take part
01:12in that."
01:13Unfortunately for Mick Jagger, Queen Elizabeth II snubbed him at his knighthood ceremony.
01:18The Queen never personally gave Mick Jagger his knighthood.
01:22Several reports stated that the Queen couldn't attend because she was recovering from knee
01:26injury.
01:27Apparently, it was pretty personal.
01:30Some believe Mick Jagger was involved in a scandalous relationship with the Queen's sister
01:34Princess Margaret.
01:36Princess Margaret was a notorious party animal in the 1960s and 70s.
01:41According to biographer Christopher Anderson, Princess Margaret was so enchanted by Mick
01:45Jagger during their fling, that she built a villa next to his on the island Mystique.
01:51Anderson acknowledges that there is no evidence of a sexual affair, however, he certainly
01:56argues that there was some not-so-harmless flirting between the two.
02:00Queen Elizabeth II often found Prince Margaret's party habits uncouth and inappropriate.
02:05Undoubtedly, she thought Mick Jagger was a bad influence on her dear young sister.
02:11Sounds like the Queen had some pretty legitimate reasons for not being the biggest fan of his.
02:16Number 2.
02:17Donald Trump
02:19Along with many other people around the world, Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand Donald Trump.
02:25This was a departure from the positive relationships she's had with past US Presidents.
02:30In 2018, Donald Trump visited Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
02:36Throughout this visit, Donald Trump managed to offend the Queen on several occasions.
02:41First, he was five minutes late to their initial meeting.
02:45Not a good first impression at all.
02:47Secondly, he breached royal protocol and personally offended the Queen by walking in front of
02:53her during the media rounds.
02:55Donald Trump unshamedly stormed ahead, causing the elderly Queen to follow behind.
03:00According to reports, the Queen was absolutely furious.
03:04The British press were equally as appalled and many Britons believed it was a deliberate
03:08attempt to embarrass the Queen.
03:10However, others claimed it was just a miscommunication.
03:14After the meeting, Donald Trump boasted to American media that the meeting went incredible
03:19and he had automatic chemistry with the Queen.
03:22During the visit, she wore a brooch that was gifted to her by Barack Obama and his wife
03:27Michelle.
03:28This could have been seen as a pretty obvious sign of her loyalty to a former President.
03:33A couple of months before Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II met, she'd already made
03:38snide public comments about him.
03:40During an interview with Sir David Attenborough, a loud, obnoxious helicopter interrupted Queen
03:45Elizabeth II on air.
03:47Her response to this awful noise was,
03:50Sounds like President Trump.
03:52There's no doubt Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand Donald Trump.
03:56Number 3.
03:58Boris Johnson
03:59Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand the outspoken British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.
04:05Apparently, during their very first audience in 2019, Boris Johnson told his colleagues
04:11the Queen had said,
04:12She doesn't understand why anyone would want to be a Prime Minister.
04:16The weekly audience between the British Prime Minister and the monarch is supposed to be
04:20completely confidential.
04:23Boris Johnson undermined a fundamental royal convention.
04:27In addition, Boris Johnson attempted to force Queen Elizabeth II to uphold their weekly
04:31audience in the middle of the pandemic.
04:34Johnson said to the media,
04:35I'm going to see the Queen.
04:37That's what I do every Wednesday.
04:39Sod this.
04:40I'm going to go and see her.
04:42Unsurprisingly, the Queen declined the meeting, and it was postponed.
04:47Many believe that Queen Elizabeth II was extremely opposed to Brexit.
04:52Boris Johnson, as a fierce advocate for the British leaving the European Union, would
04:56have likely aggravated the Queen.
04:58Queen Elizabeth II had high standards and expectations for public figures.
05:03He did not like people to be too boisterous and aggressive, like Boris Johnson.
05:09Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand his bad reputation and his disrespect for the office
05:14of Prime Minister.
05:16Johnson's attitude, Brexit stance, and numerous political scandals all contributed to her
05:21dislike of him.
05:234.
05:24Margaret Thatcher
05:26You would think that Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II would get along like a
05:30house on fire.
05:31They were both powerful women in a patriarchal world, they shared common interests, and they
05:36both dedicated their lives to serving the public.
05:39However, Queen Elizabeth II actually despised Margaret Thatcher.
05:44The Queen found Margaret Thatcher's political views totally unacceptable.
05:49Unlike the Queen, Thatcher's politics were premised on systemically reversing the post-war
05:54consensus.
05:55This consensus was one that the Queen had grown up in and firmly believed.
06:00Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher's relationship further deteriorated in 1986.
06:06Thatcher refused to impose economic sanctions on South Africa at the height of the Apartheid.
06:12Queen Elizabeth II felt like Thatcher was purposely undermining the values of the Commonwealth.
06:17The Queen believed in equality, respect, and diversity, none of what was shared by Thatcher.
06:24Queen Elizabeth II was so shocked by Thatcher's policy, she called it, uncaring, confrontational,
06:30and divisive.
06:32As someone who's usually apolitical, this statement was a rare public attack against
06:36Thatcher and her politics.
06:385.
06:40Xi Jinping
06:41In 2015, after Xi Jinping's official visit to the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II
06:48told a metropolitan police officer she found the Chinese leader quite rude.
06:53It's unclear whether Queen Elizabeth II disliked him based on personal or political reasons.
06:59Former diplomat Kerry Brown empathized with the Queen.
07:02He said it was striking that she found it difficult to interact with Xi Jinping, despite
07:07being an expert communicator.
07:09Brown went on to say, in terms of the atmospherics between diplomats in China and the UK, it's
07:15not an easy relationship, and that comes through in the freight of emotion that was in her
07:20comments.
07:21We may never know the exact reasons for her opinions, although we do know for certain
07:26the Queen wasn't a fan.
07:286.
07:29Jackie Kennedy
07:31Jackie Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth II disliked each other.
07:35The feud began when Jackie Kennedy and her husband John F. Kennedy were invited to a
07:39dinner party at Buckingham Palace in 1961.
07:42According to guests, Jackie Kennedy was critical of the decor of Buckingham Palace.
07:47She described the interior as worn out and the Queen's style as outdated.
07:52Cecil Beaton, British photographer and designer, confirmed that Jackie Kennedy was unimpressed
07:57in his diaries.
07:59Jackie Kennedy's nasty opinions would have definitely gotten back to Queen Elizabeth
08:03II.
08:04Jackie Kennedy may have been offended because Queen Elizabeth II refused to invite her sister
08:09Lee Radziwill on the visit.
08:11The Queen disapproved of Radziwill's socialite lifestyle and her divorcee status.
08:17Queen Elizabeth II ended up inviting Radziwill for the sake of diplomacy, but she wasn't
08:22happy about it at all.
08:24To make her point clear, Queen Elizabeth II withheld invitations for Princess Margaret
08:29and Princess Marina, both of whom Jackie Kennedy was looking forward to meeting.
08:34One guest reported that Jackie Kennedy felt uncomfortable throughout the dinner, and even
08:39said,
08:40The Queen resented me.
08:41Philip was nice but nervous.
08:43One felt absolutely no relationship between them.
08:46This would have angered Queen Elizabeth II even more.
08:50Number 7.
08:52Camilla Parker Bowles
08:54For years and years, Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand Queen Consort Camilla Parker Bowles.
09:00The Queen felt like Parker Bowles was distracting King Charles III from his royal duties.
09:05In fact, Camilla Parker Bowles was one of the main reasons King Charles III divorced
09:10Princess Diana.
09:12Queen Elizabeth II never thought Parker Bowles was an appropriate match for King Charles
09:17III.
09:18In fact, Queen Elizabeth refused to meet Parker Bowles until 2000.
09:22The Queen didn't even go to their wedding in 2005.
09:25She really couldn't stand her.
09:28Number 8.
09:29Princess Diana
09:31Queen Elizabeth II doesn't have a good track record with King Charles III's partners.
09:36Queen Elizabeth couldn't stand Princess Diana.
09:39Unlike Camilla Parker Bowles, the Queen initially thought Princess Diana would be the perfect
09:44match for King Charles III.
09:46However, this quickly and dramatically changed.
09:49As time went on, Queen Elizabeth II found Princess Diana to be overly emotional and
09:55very unpredictable.
09:57Princess Diana didn't accept royal protocol and would often undermine the Queen's authority.
10:02In 1992, Princess Diana participated in a biography called Diana, Her True Story.
10:09The Queen thought the biography was far too personal and contained inappropriate details
10:13about King Charles III.
10:16Four years later, Princess Diana and King Charles III divorced.
10:20This was the final nail in the coffin for the Queen.
10:23The Queen believed Princess Diana was never cut out for royal life.
10:27Number 9.
10:28Meghan Markle
10:29Meghan Markle never commanded Queen Elizabeth II's respect.
10:33Meghan Markle was divorced, American, a celebrity, a liberal, and considered herself the next
10:39People's Princess.
10:41The Queen couldn't stand any of these things.
10:44It didn't start great between Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth II.
10:48But it just kept getting worse.
10:50On January 8, 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they would step back as senior
10:55members of the royal family.
10:58The couple felt pressured and bullied by the Crown, the British people, and the tabloid
11:02press.
11:03In early 2021, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle filmed a tell-all interview with Oprah.
11:09In the interview, they spilled intense and embarrassing secrets about the royal family.
11:14Queen Elizabeth II was completely unimpressed, according to the BBC.
11:19She didn't even like Meghan Markle naming her daughter Lilibet.
11:22Ouch!
11:24Number 10.
11:25Sarah Ferguson
11:27After Sarah Ferguson was pictured on holiday with her lover while still married to Prince
11:31Andrew, Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand her.
11:35Prince Andrew was always Queen Elizabeth II's favorite son.
11:40The Queen took it as a personal insult Sarah Ferguson would treat her son in such a disrespectful
11:44way.
11:45Sarah Ferguson was quickly phased out of the royal family at the request of Queen Elizabeth
11:49II.
11:51Number 11.
11:52Marilyn Monroe
11:53In 1956, Marilyn Monroe spent a couple of months in the United Kingdom filming for The
11:58Prince and the Showgirl.
12:00During this period, she was invited to the Royal Command performance.
12:04Marilyn Monroe showed up in a silk, skin-tight, low-cut dress.
12:10Marilyn Monroe lined up with other celebrities and performers at Leicestershire Square in
12:13London.
12:14The Queen shook Marilyn Monroe's hand and had a short conversation with her.
12:19Royal insiders report that Queen Elizabeth II was a tad alarmed at Marilyn Monroe's
12:23appearance and her choice of dress.
12:26She definitely wasn't rushing to meet the superstar again.
12:30Number 12.
12:31Gordon Brown
12:32Gordon Brown was one of the few Prime Ministers Queen Elizabeth II didn't like.
12:37Gordon Brown was Prime Minister for three years between 2007 and 2010.
12:43According to rumors, the Queen used to mock Gordon Brown behind closed doors.
12:47Gordon Brown even confessed that Queen Elizabeth II often corrected him on historical facts
12:53and knew more about politics than him.
12:56Along with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown was not invited to the wedding of William and Kate
13:00in 2011.
13:01All other living British Prime Ministers were invited.
13:04The Queen must have really not liked him.
13:08Number 13.
13:09Tony Blair
13:10Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand Tony Blair.
13:14Tony Blair was the first person to coin Diana as the People's Princess.
13:19This really got on Queen Elizabeth's nerves.
13:22Tony Blair also claimed he was the one who convinced the Queen to make a public statement
13:26after Diana's death.
13:28This was a complete fabrication.
13:30Queen Elizabeth II made the decision on her own accord and without any persuasion from
13:35Tony Blair.
13:36To make matters worse, Tony Blair's wife refused to curtsy for the Queen, he hated
13:41visiting the Queen's beloved Balmoral residence, and he was infamously candid about his interactions
13:47with the Queen in his memoirs.
13:49There are certainly a lot of reasons why the Queen couldn't stand Tony Blair.
13:53It should come as no surprise he wasn't invited to the Royal Wedding along with Gordon
13:57Brown.
13:58Number 14.
14:00The Spice Girls
14:01Queen Elizabeth II met the Spice Girls in 1997 after the Royal Variety Performance at
14:07Victoria Palace Theatre in London.
14:10The Queen seemed very happy to meet the Spice Girls, however, she definitely looked a little
14:14bewildered at their daring outfits.
14:17Number 15.
14:19Prince Harry
14:20Prince Harry stopped being in the Queen's good graces after he left the Royal Family
14:24in 2021.
14:26It's very important to the Queen that her family stays private and discreet.
14:31After the bombshell interview with Oprah, in which Prince Harry spilled all the Royal
14:35secrets, the Queen wasn't happy at all.
14:38Number 16.
14:40Lady Gaga
14:41Pop star Lady Gaga met Queen Elizabeth II in 2009.
14:46Lady Gaga was wearing an extravagant red latex Elizabethan gown.
14:51The Queen looked positively bewildered, much like when she met the Spice Girls.
14:56Could this suggest some tension boiling under the surface?
14:59Number 17.
15:01Oprah
15:02After the bombshell 2021 interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Queen couldn't
15:07stand to even think about Oprah.
15:10Throughout her final year, Oprah would always remind her of the scandal and turmoil of 2021.
15:16Number 18.
15:17Melania Trump
15:18Melania Trump is the last famous person Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand.
15:23Queen Elizabeth despised Donald Trump to such an extent that it influenced her perception
15:28of his wife.
15:29Queen Elizabeth II thought she was just an extension of her horrible husband.
15:34Unlucky for Melania!
15:37Can you think of any more famous people Queen Elizabeth II couldn't stand?
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